asporto Latin · revision 32930

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *pr̥to-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [asˈpɔr.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [asˈpɔr.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''asportō''' (present infinitive asportāre, perfect active asportāvī, supine asportātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|abs-|portō|t2=to carry]], with ⟨abs-⟩ reduced to ⟨as-⟩ before ⟨p⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces [[m|la|portō]] to [[itc-pro|*porto/ā-]] and [[ine-pro|*pr̥to-|t=passed, crossed]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus uses it of carrying people off by ship, across the sea.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to carry off, take away, remove: Cicero has a statue carried off from a temple of Ceres, and Nepos has all their goods carried to Salamis.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of persons, it is to carry away, especially by ship, to transport, as in Plautus and Terence.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Livy uses it of the ships that carried away money.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note that classical writers use it only in prose.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The Vulgate has ''asportāte ossa mea vōbīscum'', carry my bones with you.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it to bring.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of carrying off by ship.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of carrying someone away.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a statue carried off.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|carry off]], take away, [[m|en|remove]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To carry away by ship, [[m|en|transport]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[asportātiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[porto|alt=portō]]

+ * [[aufero]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}